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| J&K's 'e-govt' re-employs old age Jamadars, consultants, advisors, special assistants | | Of 149 officials, 78 still in service | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Mar 26: None is old till the government considers so! This seems fitting to the manner in which the state government has re-employed old age officials at various levels, mostly on the recommendations of ministers.
149 officials have been re-employed, of which tenure of 71 has ended while 78 others are still continuing in service since January 2009. Grounds of appointment sound flimsy and raise questions on government's claim of 'no' to granting extensions and re-employment.
For chosen ones are still in-service despite having reached twilight years of their life. Ask the state government and they would tell you about their contribution, which according to... | |
| | | | Government under scanner for appointing 13 electricians | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
JAMMU, Mar 26: After the failure of much hyped Sher-e-Kashmir Employment package, the government of Jammu and Kashmir in the month of February announced appointment of 43000 causal/seasonal laborers and as per the order issued by Khurshid Ahmed Ganie former Principal Secretary to Government Planning and Development Department on 25-10-2010, it was decided that finance department will issue the notification irrespective of engagements of causal/seasonal laborers in identified departments like Power Development (10000 posts), PHE Irrigation and Flood Control (10000), School/Education (6000), RDD (8000), Public Works Department (6000), Forest (1000) and Horticulture/floricultu... | |
| | | | Omar terms hecklers of Geelani as "bloody idots" | | | | Early Times Report
NEW DELHI, Mar 26: Even as chief minister Omar Abdullah and Hurriyat's Syed Ali Shah Geelani are ideologically poles apart, the former was quick in terming ABVP activists who here today heckled the separatist leader as "bloody idiots".
His was perhaps the first political reaction over the incident. He tweeted on the micro-blogging site Twitter: "These BSKS and ABVP goons are bloody idiots. Anyone can assault an old man. As if attacking SASG (Syed Ali Shah Geelani) will make the Kashmir issue just disappear."
Talking to a news agency in J&K, minister of state for Home, Nasir Aslam Wani also condemned the ABVP attack on Geelani. "He is an old man and attack on such a per... | |
| | | | Omar looks to Rahul for comfort | | After Azad's criticism | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 26: Former Chief Minister and Union Health Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad's criticism has only added to Omar's woes. Azad criticized Omar for slow pace of development during his brief visit to Bhaderwah yesterday. "Not a stone has moved since I left", he said.
Previously Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) Chief, Professor Saif-ud-Din Soz had expressed serious reservations over Omar's style of functioning.
According to informed sources in the Congress Azad's criticism has not gone well with Omar Abdullah. It seems that both factions of Congress have converged on `inefficiency' of the government and this is not a good sign for Omar, they said.
Azad has always refr... | |
| | | | ‘NC divided people on ethnic lines’ | | | | Early Times Report
JAJJARKOTLI, Mar 26: Continuing his tirade against National Conference, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today regretted that the present regime headed by
Omar Abdullah had failed to carry forward the agenda of peace and development in the State. He said that due to its misdeeds and failure to connect with masses, this regime has lost moral authority to govern.
Addressing a one day convention of the party card holders of Nagrota assembly segment at Jajjarkotli, Sayeed said that the PDP had pioneered the agenda of peace and development in the State to establish sustainable peace in this region. "The agenda pioneered and purs... | |
| | | | Debate on Challenges Facing Jammu Province | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 26: Public Opinion Forum (POF), Jammu, on Sunday organised a debate at Press Club Jammu on the challenges being faced by the people of Jammu province with a view to finding what could enable them obtain a dispensation that is their own or that empowers them to manage their own affairs themselves in a meaningful manner independent of Kashmir. It was a good initiative, notwithstanding some management problems towards the end. The panelists who took part in the discussion included Balwant Singh Mankotia, JKNPP MLA; Ashwani Sharma, JSM MLA; Tulsi Dass Langhe, President BSP; Advocate BS Salathia, President, Jammu Bar Association; Prof. Hari Om; Sohail Kazmi, Journ... | |
| | | | 'Secular' party advocates a communal solution | | CPI-M and Kashmir solution | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Mar 26: Not content with what the so-called secular CPI-M has been doing in Kashmir and other parts of India since years to help Kashmiri communalists and separatists achieve what they want to, it has sought to extend its tentacles to Jammu to create here a Kashmir-like situation. The speeches the CPI-M leaders, including general secretary Prakash Karat and state secretary Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami, made during the two-day (Mar 24 & 25) 9th state conference of CPI-M in Jammu clearly suggested that this so-called secular party stands for a communal solution to the so-called Kashmir problem. The speeches they made clearly suggested that there was no fundamental d... | |
| | | | JKNPP's anger with NC-Congress coalition justifiable | | Terming JK Govt as K Govt Not Surprising -- I | | | NEHA
JAMMU, Mar 25: JKNPP MLA from Ramnagar, was extremely angry with the NC-Congress coalition government on Thursday (Mar 22). The reason: The Industry Department in a written reply made in response to cut motions moved in the Legislative Assembly described Jammu and Kashmir Government as "Kashmir Government".
Taking on the concerned ministry, he said, "the phraseology used in the Assembly reply was indicative of highly prejudicial, offensive and parochial mindset of rulers who had sought to undermine the very identity and existence of Dogra land" and added that the "current episode indicated that the government was not only discriminating with Jammu province in matters relating to all... | |
| | | | Government of corrupts sans accountability- Mehbooba | | | | ashir Assad
JAMMU, Mar 26: Peoples Democratic Party President Mehbooba Mufti Monday termed the Omar Andullah led coalition government as corrupt and alleged that the opposition was not being allowed to expose the scandals of this government on the floor of the house.
Speaking to a group of media persons in the Central Hall of the Legislature after staging walk-out from the House, Mehbooba Mufti said that they were not being allowed to raise the issues of public interest in the assembly. "This government is scandalous and every now and then some new scandals come to the fore, there is a large scale bungling in MGNREGA but the opposition is not being allowed to speak as the chair was bias... | |
| | | | Should roll no allotment on the basis of marks be banned? | | | | Sumit Bhargav
Rajouri, Mar 26: Commercialization of educational sector by private institutions has been termed as a grave issue by educational experts who have advised several steps to check the practices to make education a mean of money.
But still the private educational institutions are using a lot of tactics to put them forward from others and to show off their superiority.
Another issue of private educational institutions which should be discussed is allotment of roll numbers to students on the basis of marks obtained by them in their previous class. Different schools use different methods for allotment of roll numbers during a new session.
Some schools allot roll numbers to stud... | |
| | | | Vanishing Wetlands : Official neglect may let wetlands to vanish in next 10 yrs | | | | early times report
SRINAGAR, Mar 26 :Government may be claiming to preserve and maintain the wetlands but at least 7 wetlands in the valley listed by the wild life department are yet to be notified and brought under the ambit of the wild life act. Official sources said that out of the 12 wetlands listed by the department for preservation only five have been notified by the government turning the rest into wastelands. The data provided by an environmentalist who is doing research on wetlands of the valley indicate that there are more than a dozen wetlands in the valley but the government continues to treat them as wastelands. "The massive silting and unabated encroachments on the seven... | |
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